cop

1. (transitive, originally New York dialectal, informal) To obtain, to purchase (items including but not limited to drugs), to get hold of, to take.Examples: "You see yourself as the kind of guy who wakes up early on Sunday morning and steps out to cop the Times and croissants."; "He sold me a bulging paper sack full of Cambodian Red for two dolla' MPC. A strange experience, copping from a kid, but it was righteous weed."; "Heroin appeared on the streets of our town for the first time, and Innie watched helplessly as his sixteen-year-old brother began taking the train to Harlem to cop smack."informaltransitive

2. (transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.Examples: "When caught, he would often cop a vicious blow from his father."; "I take no shame to fight the lame / When they deserve to cop it."; "You bust in the house, another bitch’s mouth is suckin on your man's dick What do you do: think straight? Or do you run to the back, Open the trunk to the nickel-plate 38? “Wait wait, baby, please!” That's the shit he's coppin when he’s down on both his knees"transitive

3. (transitive, trainspotting, slang) To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.slangtransitive

4. (transitive) To steal.Examples: "Copycat tryna cop my manner / Watch your back when you can't watch mine / Copycat tryna cop my glamor / Why so sad, bunny? Can't have mine"transitive

5. (transitive) To adopt.Examples: "No need to cop a 'tude with me, junior."transitive

6. (intransitive, usually with “to”, slang) To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.Examples: "I already copped to the murder. What else do you want from me?"; "Harold copped to being known as "Dirty Harry"."; "He shot a guy in a bar on Martin Luther King Day and copped to first-degree manslaughter"intransitiveslangusually